Teaching with Brandon Burley
Courses & training
Practical instruction in evidence, verification, open-source research and the systems shaping public life.
Brandon Burley is a retired detective, criminal justice educator and public policy writer. His training connects investigative experience with a simple discipline: classify the information, verify it, and state conclusions proportionally.
Courses taught
Brandon teaches government, economics, ethics and criminal justice. His classroom work connects institutions, evidence and public decisions with the people affected by them.
Professional training
Evidence Before Conclusions
Build stronger decisions in an AI-assisted world. Learn to distinguish a claim from a finding, trace information to its source, document uncertainty, and communicate what the record supports.
Audience-specific applications include law enforcement, legal research, education, information work and organizational decision-making.
Open-source intelligence
Develop a disciplined approach to publicly available information. Explore source evaluation, corroboration, documentation and the difference between a search result and a verified finding.
Ask about the progressive OSINT training series and practical exercises.
Reentry & cross-system decisions
Examine how information and responsibility move between institutions. Training topics include reentry, public safety, effective handoffs and the systems that help people rebuild.
Find the right training
For current course availability, partner access or a program adapted to your organization, contact Brandon with your audience, learning goals and preferred format.
Ask about training Speaking & workshopsLETN instructor profile
Brandon is an instructor with the Law Enforcement Training Network. His LETN profile includes his investigative and teaching background and the forthcoming Evidence Before Conclusions course.
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